Good recording volume

Alright, so here are some dilemmas I'm facing.
1. When I put the recording volume up too high, it creates distortion in my song.
2. When I put the recording volume too low, it makes it where I have to turn the playback volume up too high to have to hear the song well.
3. When I turn my volume up, I tend to get a background buzz on all tracks. This is really annoying, and it does it on every real track, so the more tracks I make, the more buzzing.
Is there a quick fix to this? I'd like to solve this problem so I feel like I'm making stuff people actually want to hear. It's important to me not to get my sound too bassy and distorted, but also to have it at a regular playback volume. And no buzz!
Please help.

I have the newest Mac. Twenty-inch. Home. Using a Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser Microphone. Is that the kind of info you need?

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